1661, 1 January, Edinburgh, Parliament

Parliamentary Register

[Clerk's note]†

[George MacKenzie], viscount of Tarbat, lord register†

[1 January 1661]

Procedure: opening of session

The first parliament of our most high and dread sovereign Charles, by the grace of God, king of Scotland, England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith etc. held and begun at Edinburgh, 1 January 1661, by John [Middleton], earl of Middleton, lord Clairmont and Fettercairn, by virtue of a special commission under his majesty's great seal, with the advice and consent of the estates of parliament underwritten, there being also present the ordinary officers, [Gilbert Hay], earl of Erroll, constable, [William Keith], earl Marischal, Sir Robert Murray [of Cameron], provost of Edinburgh, Mr William Wallace, sheriff, and Andrew Lothian, dempster.

  1. NAS. PA2/26. Register starts with an unnumbered folio with Tarbat's name and then two blank numbered pages. Back
  2. Note Tarbat not clerk register until 1681 so his name is merely inserted to confirm the register is confirmed as the official record. Back
  3. NAS. PA2/26, 1. Back